GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1921, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

INDIAN PLOTTERS ACQUITTED. By Telegraph,—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rome, August 1. Malatesta and others, charged with plotting against the State, have been acquitted. COST OF AIRSHIPS. London, August 1. Mr. Guest, replying to a question, said the proposed closing of the airship establishments was estimated to save £300,000 yearly. SALE OF GERMAN SHIPS. London, August 1. Mr. Baldwin, in the House of Commons, stated that the reparation ships were now being sold to foreign buyers. He though it undesirable and unnecessary to maintain the restriction on private sales which had operated since the armistice. GHANDI’S FOLLY. Bombay, July 31. In the presence of thousands, including many delegates of rhe AU India Congress Committee, Ghandi made a bonfire of an enormous heap of foreign clothes. TROUBLE IN LISBON, London. August 1. A telegram from Vigo states that groups of the Lisbon garrison are picketing the streets and heavy artillery is placed in the streets and squares, it is believed in anticipation of an attempted co(up against the Government. GERMAN SPORTING FRAUD, Berlin, August 1The police raided a number of sporting institutions and betting establishments which are alleged to have been concerned in serious tax frauds amounting to many millions of marks. A casino in the Hartz Mountains has been closed. Several prominent Berliners have been accused of fraud. DIRECT ACTIOJFCONDEMNED. London, August 1. Speaking at the Social Democratic Federation Mr. Will Thorn denounced direct action as a means of achieving the ideal of social democracy. He said the sane and sound advocacy of the principles of social democracy would outlast all direct actionists, who were will-o’-the-wisps and who would, lead to anarchial swamps and morasses. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.